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Cook More: Reduce Food Waste. Save Money What is the single largest stream of waste hauled into our landfills everyday? Is it paper and cardboard? Plastic? Or glass and metal? Rotten and Uneaten Food is Flowing Into and Filling Our Landfills It’s food. Are you surprised? According to the EPA, 21.9% of all waste carried into municipal landfills every year is food. By weight, the largest category of food waste is vegetables and dairy, followed by fruit and grain products. When was the last ...

Live Life in the Present at the Table My great-grandparents lived in Old East Dallas in a small house with a big porch and a porch swing to match. After lunch on Sundays the adults would sit on the porch and yak. The house did not have any air conditioning, only an attic fan. Sitting outside was way more comfortable than inside. When no one was around I would sit on that swing for long periods of time enjoying the breeze and listening to the birds. And time seemed to stand still. How Time...

Have Courage In The Kitchen One of America’s most beloved cooks, Julia Child, was also one of the early pioneers of TV cooking. Her show, “The French Chef”, premiered in 1963. The show was recorded live from start to finish. Once, as Julia prepared to flip a potato pancake, she looked at the camera and advised that courage was the key to the successful flip. Julia Child Failed But Remained Unflustered Julia missed the flip and it was spectacular. Part of the potato pancake landed on the sto...

It’s Time For A (Salad Dressing) Revolution! Classic red wine vinaigrette. It’s a new year and a new you. You want to eat healthy and so you choose to eat a salad. Fantastic! Reasons To Think Twice About Using Bottled Dressings But here’s a truth you need to know. That bottled salad dressing that you use to either drizzle or drench your greens may be the unhealthiest part of your meal. Most processed salad dressings contain very little of the simple flavor pizzazz you’re looking for, and...

Hitting a Home Run in the Kitchen with a Knife You can’t hit a home run swinging a golf club or knit a sock using a twig. In the kitchen you can’t properly chop an onion or anything else with a small, skinny steak knife. A Chef’s Knife Is THE Most Important Tool In The Kitchen A proper chef’s knife is a cook’s single most important tool. Yet it’s the knife home cooks rarely pull from the wooden block because they are intimidated by the size of the blade, 8”-10” long and a1 1/2” in width. Bu...

Slow Cooker Pizza The Lifetime Gift Slow Cooker Pizza. When I was a kid my mother collected S&H Green Stamps. The stamps were given out at the grocery store, based on the amount of her purchase. When she collected several books of stamps my mom made a trip to the S&H Redemption Store. This is where she exchanged her stamps for a treasured household item, like a toaster or blender. Think of your life like an S&H green stamp book. Everyday you collect experiences like stamps that stick to you. ...